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Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) Act 2016
95Removal from corridor of abandoned articles
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### 95 Removal from corridor of abandoned articles
> > (1) The responsible manager in relation to a corridor may remove an object from the corridor if it appears to the responsible manager that the object has been abandoned.
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> > (2) The responsible manager may, in the manner the responsible manager thinks fit, dispose of an object removed from a corridor under [subsection (1)](#GS95@Gs1@EN) if –
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> > > > (a) the responsible manager is satisfied that the object is of no value or that the amount that might be received from the sale of the object would not defray the costs of the removal of the object from the corridor and its storage for a month after it is removed; or
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> > > > (b) no person has taken possession of the object within one month after the date on which the object is removed from the corridor.
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> > (3) The responsible manager must allow a person to take possession of an object removed from a corridor under [subsection (1)](#GS95@Gs1@EN) if –
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> > > > (a) the person satisfies the manager that the person is the owner of the object; and
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> > > > (b) the person pays to the manager the expenses reasonably incurred in the removal of the object from the corridor and its storage until the person takes possession of it; and
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> > > > (c) not more than one month has expired since the object was removed from the corridor or the object is still in the possession of the corridor manager.
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> > (4) The responsible manager in relation to a corridor may recover from a person who is an owner of an object removed from the corridor, or from the person who abandoned the object on the corridor, the cost incurred by the responsible manager in removing, storing and disposing of the object, less any amount the responsible manager may have received from the sale of the object.
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> > (5) Any amount received from the sale of an object under this section that is in excess of the expenses incurred by the responsible manager in relation to the object is –
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> > > > (a) [*\[Section 95 Subsection (5) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-07-01/act-2017-004#JS1@Ja112@GC1@EN) if the responsible manager is the managing authority – to be paid into the Public Account; or
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> > > > (b) if the responsible manager is the corridor manager – to be applied by the corridor manager in the performance and exercise of the functions and powers of the corridor manager.